easyBus service from Shropshire goes up in flames on way to Manchester Airport - with video
An easyBus service which was on its way to Manchester Airport from Shropshire went up in flames at Wrexham General Railway Station today.
The service which starts in Telford and picks up in Shrewsbury, Oswestry, Wrexham and Chester was engulfed in flames shortly after 11am this morning.
Wrexham MP, Ian Lucas was outside the station when the blaze happened.
Mr Lucas said: "I was at the station and noticed a lot of black smoke. By the time I went to investigate there were flames leaping from the front of the bus. It was a very fierce fire."
He said a fire engine was on the scene very quickly.
A spokesman for North Wales Fire and Rescue Service said: "We had a call at 11.02am. There was a minibus on fire which was caused by a mechanical fault.
"One pump from Wrexham used two hose reels."
There has since been a replacement bus sent to the scene.
It is not clear if there were any passengers on the bus.
